diff --git a/meta/classes/cml1.bbclass b/meta/classes/cml1.bbclass
index ba44196a57..bb9563948c 100644
--- a/meta/classes/cml1.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/cml1.bbclass
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ addtask configure after do_unpack do_patch before do_compile
 
 inherit terminal
 
-OE_TERMINAL_EXPORTS += "HOST_EXTRACFLAGS HOSTLDFLAGS HOST_LOADLIBES"
+OE_TERMINAL_EXPORTS += "HOST_EXTRACFLAGS HOSTLDFLAGS HOST_LOADLIBES TERMINFO"
 HOST_EXTRACFLAGS = "${BUILD_CFLAGS} ${BUILD_LDFLAGS}"
 HOSTLDFLAGS = "${BUILD_LDFLAGS}"
 HOST_LOADLIBES = "-lncurses"
+TERMINFO = "${STAGING_DATADIR_NATIVE}/terminfo"
 
 python do_menuconfig() {
     try: